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Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Stolen Innocence My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Author: Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer
In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the har...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061628016
ISBN-10: 0061628018
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 219 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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L avatar reviewed Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs on
Helpful Score: 15
Wow - what an incredible story! Very well written memoir of growing up in the FLDS communities in Utah and Colorado. Elissa Wall was forced to marry her 1st cousin at age 14. This book is better than Escape by Carolyn Jessup in so many ways- though it's told mainly from the child's point of view whereas the Jessup book was told from the adult point of view. Elissa Wall also had more interaction and dealings with Warren Jeffs - and was the individual responsible for putting him in prison. This is a book that will affect you greatly, and one that you will have a hard time putting down.
reviewed Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
Reliable background information and relatively current, true events regarding the cult of the FLDS and its brainwashed followers (victims) Excellent book. A necessary read for anyone interested or involved in saving women and children from slavery and abuse.
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Helpful Score: 4
This was a very eye opening book regarding the FLDS religion and I would highly recommend it.
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Helpful Score: 4
This was a fascinating book that gives wonderful insight into what drives the people that live in polygamous sects of the Mormon church. Her experience is amazing and heartbreaking.
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Helpful Score: 4
WOW! I love books like this that take the reader into a culture that they may otherwise never experience. This is a very powerful story of a girl who grew up in a polygamist sect and came through it with a story to tell. Its very powerful. The narrator connects easily with the reader and never once do you feel like she is using this story as a way to vent or be vindictive. She seems to understand her past, she does not pass blame or hate, just tells her story. Its the closest thing to an unbiased story that a person could tell after living through what she lived through.
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People/Characters
Elissa Walls (Primary Character)
Warren Jeffs (Primary Character)
Rulon Jeffs (Major Character)
Alan Steed (Major Character)
Leroy Johnson (Average Character)

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